Skate.



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SKATE.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 10. 1915.

1,24 r Patented May1,1917.

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SKATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Application'filed June 10, 1915. Serial No. 33,367.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, 01.01 STAFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milltown, in the county of Missoula and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve ments in skates and more particularly to means for facilitating the attachment thereof to the shoe of the wearer.

The main object resides in the provision of retaining stops which, being readily adjustable, are equally efficient irrespective of the Width or length of the shoe in connection with which the skate is employed and which are cooperatively so arranged to obviate gripping, biting and the consequent defac ing of the sole or heel portions.

Another important object is to provide a device of the foregoing nature which is highly practical and consisting of but a few simple parts, it is believed that the same may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

The above and other objects which will become apparent, are accomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings wherein like characters designate like parts throughout the several views;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my inven tion shown in the embodiment of an ice skate.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof illustrating parts of the skate broken away.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral designates the runner portion of the skate which carries a plurality of upstanding extensions 11, 12 and 13 of the usual and well known construction. A sole supporting plate 11 has connection with the upper ends of the standards 12 and 13 and in the use of the skate serves to support the forward portion of the shoe A, while a heel supporting plate 15 is carried by the standard 11 and is engaged by the heel of the shoe as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The plate 15 is also provided with an upstanding portion 16 which serves to embrace the rear portion of the heel of the shoe and prevent rearward movement thereof while the stops are in operation.

The above pointed out construction is substantially the conventional form and it is to be understood that my invention does not reside therein and further that my invention is not limited to use in connpction with a skate of this nature as it may be also advantageously employed in connection with other forms of skates if it is so desired.

In reducing my' invention to practice, a segmental sleeve 17 is provided and is designed to be used in connection with the heel supporting plate 15. The said sleeve is providedwith a longitudinally extending lip 18 whereby when the same is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, extending through the standard 11, the said lip portion may be fiX- edly attached to the said plate through the medium of the fastening members 19. The interior of the sleeve is oppositely screw threaded in its opposite ends, respectively as indicated by the numerals 20 and 21 so as to receive the correspondingly threaded rods 22 and 23. In turn the outer ends of the rods are provided with stops 241. and 25 which are connected through the medium of an adjustable strap 26 and designed to engage the heel portion of the shoe A as illustrated in Fig. 1. It willbe readily understood that the stops may be uniformly ad justed by rotating the rods 22 and 23 thereby being equally efiicient irrespective of the size of the heel on the shoe. Further. it will be noted that the stops do not grip or bite the heel of the shoe, thus obviating defacement of the latter such as occurs when the conventional form of stops are used.

A second sleeve 27 of substantially the same form as the sleeve 17 is also provided, the lip 28 thereof being fixed to the under face of the plate 1 1 through the medium of the fastening members 29. Upon reference to Fig. 2 it will be noted that the interior bore of the second sleeve is also oppositely screw threaded as at 31 and 32 to receive correspondingly threaded rods 33 and The stops 35 and 36 which are carried on the rods 33 and 84 respectively are of substantially the same construction as the stops 2 1 and 25 and are in turn connected by an adjustable strap 37.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the respective stops may be easily and quickly adjusted in order to snugly engage the adjacent parts of the shoe and thus retain the skate in a secure position and prevent lateral movement of the shoe while the straps 26 and 38 respectively may be ad justed to securely retain the stops in position and to cooperate therewith for securely holding the skate on the shoe of the user.

In reducing my invention to practice I find that the form referred to herein as the most practical and preferred embodiment is the most eificient, but realizing that certain conditions will necessarily vary in concurrence with the adoption of my device, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details of construction and in the proportion of parts may be resorted to when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a skate, of a sleeve fixed to the under face of the heel support-. ing portion, the interior bore of said sleeve being oppositely threaded, correspondingly threaded rods adjustable in said sleeve, stops carried by each of said rods and a strap connecting said stops, for the purpose specified. 2. A skate comprising a shoe-supporting plate, a strap, and a pair of securing members each comprising an axial portion and a strapengaging portion which latter stands at an angle to the axis of said axial portion, said securing members being rotatably mounted under said plate, and normally having their strap-engaging portions in engagement with said strap, and being turnable about a common axial line by movement of said strap.

3. A skate comprising a shoe-supporting plate, a strap, and a pair of securing members each comprising an axial portion and a strapengaging portion which latter stands at an angle to the axis of said axial portion, said securing members being rotatably and adjustably mounted under said plate, and normally having their strap-engaging portions in engagement with said strap, and being turnable about a common axial line by movement of said strap.

A. A skate comprising a shoe-supporting plate, screw threaded supporting means under said plate and connected therewith, an adjustable strap, a pair of securing members each formed with a screw threaded portion and an apertured end portion which latter extends at an angle to the screw threaded portion, the threaded portions of Said securing members being seated in said supporting means, said strap normally extending through the apertures of said securing members and preventing adjustment and disadjustment of the latter, but allowing adjustment thereof when the strap is disengaged from one of said securing members.

5. A skate comprising a shoe-supporting plate, internally screw threaded supporting means under said plate and connected thereto, an adjustable strap, and a pair of securing members each comprising an externally screw threaded portion and a relatively thin and wide apertured end portion which latter extends at an angle to the screw threaded portion, the threaded portions of said securing members being seated in said supporting means and each being therein adjustable independently of the other, said strap normally extending through the apertures of said securing members and preventing adjustment and disadjustment of the latter, but allowing adjustment thereof when the strap is disengaged from one of said securing members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLOF STAFF. Witnesses:

HARRY WERNER, EREK JOHN JoHNsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

